Sunnyslope Grading, Inc. v. Miller, Bradford & Risberg, Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
1Opinion of the CourtSteinmetz, J.
The issue in this case is whether a commercial purchaser of construction equipment, which is covered by a manufacturer’s warranty, has a cause of action against the manufacturer in negligence or strict liability to recover lost profits and the costs of repairing the equipment when the manufacturer did not breach its warranty and the equipment failure did not cause personal injury or damage to other property. We only address the question of whether damages to the product itself and economic losses flowing therefrom are recoverable in tort when a warranty exists in a commercial setting, and we…
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